Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
- Disability Support Services Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his Department or the Health Service Executive who will carry forward planned proposals to reduce, through mergers, the number of disability service... - Registration of Nurses
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the increase in annual fees nurses are required to pay to An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais to remain registered; and if he will... - Obesity Strategy
155. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the new Royal College of Physicians of Ireland policy statement on obesity here; the measures he will implement on the... - Medical Card Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
157. To ask the Minister for Health if paediatric inflammatory bowel disease might be recognised by the Health Service Executive as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38898/14] - Hospital Procedures
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with a required procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38925/14] - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue raised in correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38933/14] - Health Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health if the wig allowance administered by the Health Service Executive is a different amount in each HSE region; if this is the case, the reason for the varying... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
163. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to deal with the massive waiting lists for approval under the fair deal scheme and his views regarding the reversal of cuts in this... - Health Insurance Cover
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal regarding private health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38958/14] - Medical Card Administration
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on medical cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38965/14] - Medical Card Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/14] - Speech and Language Therapy
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each local health office; the number of children currently awaiting an initial assessment for speech and language... - Hospital Staff Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the most up to date figures for the number of positions in each public/voluntary hospital in the following categories;... - Medical Card Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for September 2013 and September 2014 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of... - Medical Card Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision to return discretionary medical cards to those who had them withdrawn, as announced in June 2014, did not apply to a former medical... - Medical Indemnity Cover
173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of indemnity cover in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/14] - Tobacco Control Measures
175. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the differentiation within the EU Tobacco Products Directive between cigars and cigarettes, the fact that the cigar smoking rate is 0.9%, the... - Mental Health Services Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health and additional resources for frontline mental health care services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Card Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick as they were previously the holder of a medical card on a... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card holders being charged for routine blood tests by either the general practitioner or the practice health nurse; and if he... - Water Fluoridation
180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding health concerns associated with water fluoridation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39056/14] - Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
183. To ask the Minister for Health the services used by the State to prevent the use of illegal drugs and treat those addicted to drugs in County Meath for each of the past four years. [39065/14] - Prescription Charges
184. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government levy on chemists for prescription tuberculosis medication was correct or incorrect. [39099/14] - Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health when the community medical consulting and community health meeting rooms will open for public use at Beech House, Naas Business Park, Maudlings, Naas, County... - Health Services Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reinstatement of orthopist services in Dungarvan Hospital, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a new wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39125/14] - Departmental Investigations
189. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the investigations by his Department and-or the Health Service Executive into financial irregularities at a company (details supplied), with... - HSE Funding
190. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the review by his Department of compliance with Government and departmental policies on the part of a company (details supplied), an entity that... - Emergency Planning
191. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency response plan in place in the event of an outbreak of Ebola in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39138/14] - Medical Card Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in making the... - Disabilities Services Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to withdraw a retrospective cut to sections 38 and 39 voluntary bodies in view of the impact this will have on... - Hospitals Building Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed upgrade of the outpatients' department at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, has... - Medical Card Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has had his medical card application refused. [39159/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip replacement operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [39193/14] - Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health when the licence for disposing of hospital waste came up for renewal; if there will be a public tendering process for the licence; and if he will make a... - Midwifery Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding resources to set up a direct helpline to assist women accessing a midwife (details supplied). [39200/14] - Medical Card Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding discretionary medical cards in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/14] - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 26 March 2013 and the recommendations of the Health Service Executive report commissioned to establish the changes... - HSE Investigations
202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 931 of 17 September 2014, the role of the person within the hospital group concerned; if that person is employed on a... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the medication Eculizumab to the six persons who have been diagnosed with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (details supplied); and if he... - Legislative Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health the policy proposals in place for the drafting of primary legislation to give effect to a successor to the mobility allowance and motorised grant scheme; and... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
206. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for funding approval under the fair deal nursing home scheme which currently stands at approximately four months; if he will... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39256/14] - Counselling Services
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the counselling in the primary care service, including any information on numbers referred to date in 2014; the waiting lists... - HSE Staffing
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist health economists employed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39258/14] - Cancer Screening Programmes
210. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of extending the national BreastCheck programme to women aged between 65 and 69. [39261/14] - Appointments to State Boards
211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all State board appointments since general election 2011; the person who recommended each appointment; the credentials of those... - Departmental Offices
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the quality authority that monitors the quality and ingredients used in cigarettes that are sold legally on the market here; if new... - Hospital Waiting Lists
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for a medical operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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